SOLUTION: Writing this function in factored form: y=4x^3-49x

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Question 254283: Writing this function in factored form:
y=4x^3-49x
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, nerdybill:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first thing we can see even without glasses is that we can factor out x
y=x*(4x^2-49)
oh that looks like a product of + and - where the x term gets cancelled out
y = x*(2 x-7)*(2 x+7)

Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=4x^3-49x
y=x(4x^2-49)
y=x(2x-7)(2x+7)